Reinforced container
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1. A container comprising:
- a first side panel having an interior side;
a second side panel;
a first support integrally connected to a first edge of the first side panel, the first support integrally connected to a first edge of the second side panel, the first edge of the first side panel and the first edge of the second side panel positioned to form a first edge of the container;
a first flap;
a second support integrally connected to a second edge of the first side panel, the first support integrally connected to a first edge of the first flap, the second edge of the first side panel and the first edge of the first flap positioned to form a second edge of the container;
wherein the first edge of the first side panel and the second edge of the first side panel are adjacent edges;
wherein an end of at least a portion of the first support is mitered and an end of at least a portion of the second support is mitered such that the at least the portions of the first and second supports fit against the interior side of the first side panel and the mitered end of the at least the portion of the first support is adjacent to the mitered end of the at least the portion of the second support.
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Abstract
A reinforced container includes four exterior panels and four supports. Three of the supports are integrally connected to two exterior panels that are positioned to form an edge of the container. The supports can be secured to the interior sides of the exterior panels. The reinforced container can be made from folding a single sheet of corrugated fiberboard.
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1. A container comprising:
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a first side panel having an interior side; a second side panel; a first support integrally connected to a first edge of the first side panel, the first support integrally connected to a first edge of the second side panel, the first edge of the first side panel and the first edge of the second side panel positioned to form a first edge of the container; a first flap; a second support integrally connected to a second edge of the first side panel, the first support integrally connected to a first edge of the first flap, the second edge of the first side panel and the first edge of the first flap positioned to form a second edge of the container; wherein the first edge of the first side panel and the second edge of the first side panel are adjacent edges; wherein an end of at least a portion of the first support is mitered and an end of at least a portion of the second support is mitered such that the at least the portions of the first and second supports fit against the interior side of the first side panel and the mitered end of the at least the portion of the first support is adjacent to the mitered end of the at least the portion of the second support. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A sheet of material for making a container comprising:
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a first side panel; a second side panel; a first flap; a first intermediate portion integrally connected to the first side panel at a first joint, the first intermediate portion integrally connected to the second side panel at a second joint; a second intermediate portion integrally connected to the first side panel at a third joint, the second intermediate portion integrally connected to the first flat at a fourth joint; wherein the first intermediate portion is used to form a first support when the first side panel is positioned with the second side panel to form a first edge of the container; wherein the second intermediate portion is used to form a second support when a container has been formed from the sheet of material; wherein an end of the first intermediate portion has a form such that at least a portion of the first support is mitered and an end of the second intermediate portion has a form such that at least a portion of the second support is mitered such that the at least the portions of the first and second supports fit against the interior side of the first side panel with the mitered end of the at least a portion of the first support positioned adjacent to the mitered end of the at least a portion of the second support when a container has been formed from the sheet of material. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A sheet of material for making a container comprising:
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a first exterior panel; a second exterior panel; a third exterior panel; a fourth exterior panel; a first intermediate portion of a first type integrally connected to the first exterior panel and to the second exterior panel; a second intermediate portion of the first type integrally connected to the second exterior panel and to the third exterior panel; a third intermediate portion of the first type integrally connected to the third exterior panel and to the fourth exterior panel; a first flap integrally coupled to the first exterior panel; a second flap; a third flap integrally coupled to the second exterior panel; a fourth flap; a fifth flap integrally coupled to the third exterior panel; a sixth flap; a seventh flap integrally coupled to the fourth exterior panel; an eighth flap; a first intermediate portion of a second type integrally connected to the first exterior panel and to the second flap; a second intermediate portion of the second type integrally connected to the second exterior panel and to the fourth flap; a third intermediate portion of the second type integrally connected to the third exterior panel and to the sixth flap; a fourth intermediate portion of the second type integrally connected to the fourth exterior panel and to the eighth flap; wherein each intermediate portion of the first type includes; a first support panel integrally connected at a first joint to one of the exterior panels integrally connected to the intermediate portion, the first support panel having an end mitered at an angle; a second support panel integrally connected at a second joint to the other of the exterior panels integrally connected to the intermediate portion, the second support panel having an end mitered at an angle; a first intermediate support panel integrally connected to the first support panel at a third joint, the first intermediate support panel having an end mitered at an angle; a second intermediate support panel integrally connected to the second support panel at a fourth joint, the second intermediate support panel having an end mitered at an angle; wherein the first intermediate support panel and the second intermediate support panel are integrally connected at a fifth joint; wherein the sheet of material is folded at the first joint, the second joint, the third joint, the fourth joint, and the fifth joint to form a support when the sheet is formed into a container; wherein each intermediate portion of the second type includes; a first support panel integrally connected at a first joint to an exterior panel integrally connected to the intermediate portion, the first support panel having a first end mitered at an angle and a second end mitered at an angle; a second support panel integrally connected at a second joint to a flap integrally connected to the intermediate portion, the second support panel having a first end mitered at an angle and a second end mitered at an angle; a first intermediate support panel integrally connected to the first support panel at a third joint, the first intermediate support panel having a first end mitered at an angle and a second end mitered at an angle; a second intermediate support panel integrally connected to the second support panel at a fourth joint, the second intermediate support panel having a first end mitered at an angle and a second end mitered at an angle; wherein the first intermediate support panel and the second intermediate support panel are integrally connected at a fifth joint; wherein the sheet of material is folded at the first joint, the second joint, the third joint, the fourth joint, and the fifth joint to form a support when the sheet is formed into a container; a portion integrally connected to the fourth exterior panel, the portion including; a first support panel integrally connected at a first joint to the fourth exterior panel, the first support panel having an end mitered at an angle; a second support panel, the second support panel having an end mitered at an angle; a first intermediate support panel integrally connected to the first support panel at a second joint, the first intermediate support panel having an end mitered at an angle; a second intermediate support panel integrally connected to the second support panel at a third joint, the second intermediate support panel having an end mitered at an angle; wherein the first intermediate support panel and the second intermediate support panel are integrally connected at a fourth joint; wherein the sheet of material is folded at the first joint, the second joint, the third joint, and the fourth joint to form a support when the sheet is formed into a container; and wherein a first side of the second support panel of the portion is secured to an interior side of the first exterior panel when the sheet is formed into a container; wherein the first, third, fifth, and seventh flaps are positioned to form a first container side when the sheet is formed into a container; and wherein the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth flaps are positionable to form a second container side when the sheet is formed into a container; wherein the first support panels of the intermediate portions of the first and second types having mitered ends enables each first support panel of the intermediate portions of the first type to be positioned adjacent to a first support panel of an intermediate portion of the second type against an interior side of an exterior panel when the sheet is formed into a container. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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34. A container comprising:
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four side panels, each side panel having an interior side, the panels forming four container edges of a first type, each container edge of the first type having a generally parallel orientation with respect to the other container edges of the first type; a plurality of flaps positionable to form a container side, the container side and the four side panels forming four container edges of a second type, each container edge of the second type having a generally perpendicular orientation with respect to each container edge of the first type; four supports of a first type each located on an interior side of a container edge of the first type; four supports of a second type each located on an interior side of a container edge of the second type; wherein each of the four supports of the first type has a mitered end and each of the four supports of the second type has two mitered ends such that each support of the first type fits against the interior sides of the two side panels that form the container edge of the first type in which the support of the first type is located and each support of the second type fits against an interior side of the container side and the interior side of the side panel that form the container edge of the second type in which the support of the second type is located. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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